[kwlug-disc] Tablet shopping

[Darcy Casselman]

I've been very happy with my Nexus 7 2013.  Mind you, I only really use it
for catching up with the Internet in the morning.  I prefer Nexus devices
in general because they don't have all that terrible OEM cruft.

I got my parents an ASUS Transformer, where you can attach a keyboard and
make it laptop-like.  I thought that was cool, but they don't use the
keyboard much.  Mostly as a stand when their skyping with my nephews.

Darcy.

On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 3:52 PM, CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Maybe for myself down the road.  Wifeski isn't a power user so she doesn't
> need all the fancy bells and whistles.  Just email and Facebook (and yes I
> keep trying to get her off of Facebook!).
>
> I'm going with the Lenovo for this job.  Thanks, William and Khalid for
> your suggestions.
>
>
>
> On 26 September 2014 15:34, William Park <opengeometry at yahoo.ca> wrote:
>
>> Have you considered those laptops where the screen folds back almost/all
>> the way?
>>
>> You get built-in stand, built-in keyboard/mouse, built-in screen
>> protector, bigger/upgradeable memory, bigger/upgradeable harddisk/SSD,
>> Intel/AMD cpu, Windows 8.1, etc.  It's a bit heavier, but you don't hold
>> tablet free-hand that long anyway.
>> --
>> William
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 11:05:11AM -0400, CrankyOldBugger wrote:
>> > Wifeski has been saying for some time now that she wants a tablet
>> computer
>> > as her laptop computer is getting to be a pain to use.
>> >
>> > I've never bought a tablet other than the Kobo reader (which isn't
>> really a
>> > tablet).  Has anyone had any experiences with the Lenovo A8-50, before
>> I go
>> > ahead and buy one?  I'd prefer to hear from anyone here over the
>> customer
>> > reviews on Amazon..  This model seems fairly robust for a smaller
>> tablet,
>> > and under $200.
>> >
>> > What's like is to keep the laptop at her desk all day, and run around
>> the
>> > house with the tablet to check emails, FaceBook, etc.
>> >
>> > I've had good luck with Lenovo laptops so that's why I'm looking up
>> their
>> > product line for tablets.
>>
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